In the Waiting Room

    

  This book represents the completion of my fourth book.  The first book was centered on principles of preparedness, primarily for the uninitiated. (Rational Preparedness:A Primer to Preparedness, 2012) 
 The second book was the story of the life of my youngest son, Daniel. (What I Learned from Daniel, 2012)  It is a tribute to his life.

 The third book was a first novel. (Portsoy Woods, 2016)   This is the story of a family who relocate from suburban Northern Virginia to a large acre tract in very rural Virginia, just before a significant financial collapse.

  The fourth book, and latest effort is a biography of a man who goes to sea in the Merchant Marines at sixteen, but crafts a life as an explorer as he accepts one challenging job after another. The book does discuss his family of origin and his friends as their attitudes and ideas help to clarify his motivations and his decisions.   (Lawrence DeWolfe Kelsey: The Life of the Explorer, 2017, most likely available in November)
          This can be both a joyous and an uncomfortable time for an author.  First, most authors are pleased to have a project finally completed, and yet we hope that we have completed the project to the best of our abilities. I also sit on the uncomfortable bench of waiting for the book cover to be completed. This is a lot like waiting for a friend who is in surgery.  A book cover is so important, and yet, I must wait.
           I am hoping for a November, 2017 release for this work. I will keep you all informed.  Lawrence DeWolfe Kelsey, the explorer is my father.